Friends - FINALLY, after about three days of clouds, I got some time under the stars with the Stellacam II. I rang in the New Year observing some Messier...
Steve, that is a great image of M81 with your SCII. You got a lot of faint detail, and I can just make out the transverse dust lanes on the full size image....
Here was my attempt after midnight (so technically it was the new year ;-) http://gamesforone.com/stars/images/saturn-1-1-06.jpg The image is a Registax 3...
Thats a great start to a new year of imaging :) ... year ;-) ... a ToUcam Pro coupled to a C9.25" scope on my Vixen Sphinx. ... Kingston and after midnight we...
Thanks, Vincent. My final image size is usually 720x480, but the photo album limts viewing of the full size file to the owner of the album and the modirators...
Mark, Very Well Done, INDEED! In the for-what-it's-worth category, I took a couple of pictures of Venus and the Moon at the same time. . . in the DQ's pictures...
Dave, your six inch did a lot better on the moon than my little refractor. I think it looks really good. Venus is nicely colored! Happy New Year. Mark ... ...
Hi Group Hope you all had a merry Christmas and have a happy new year. Finally have gotten off call and trying to catch up with group. Excellent images Mark,...
I began taking data on M1 last night. I was able to get 96 minutes of luminance and 40 minutes each of R, G and B. I need more of all channels to make it a...
Hi Robert. Do you have the Le or Lu version of the the 165? If the Lu, what software are you going to use to download your seq files? I have been using Norpix...
B E A utiful absolutly beautiful, Keep them coming.... David Cotten CAS Mark Manner <jmm@...> wrote: I began taking data on M1 last night. I was able to...
Hi Mark Nice image of M1 and Mars. I'm changing my optical train by adding a Pyxis rotator and using a Baader FFC in front of it to increase image scale and...
Hi Mark, Mars still looks good even as it gets smaller. I am amazed how you, Dr McClure and others can get such detail. Great shots. I was out Monday night,...
Hello Everyone, Lloyd Watkins just sent out the schedule for the March 31-April 1 Spring Star Party at Fall Creek Falls. I am passing it on to all who are...
Hello all - I posted a couple of new images with the Stellacam II in Steve's Pics folder - a new image of M033 and an image of the Horsehead Nebula with some...
Happy New Year Everyone! Here's a free e.book download: "What's Up - 365 Days of SkyWatching" available through the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today website. ...
Steve, you are really getting good results with the SCII. You also seem to have good focus, etc. Congratualtions! As to the banding, there have been a few...
Thanks for the encouragement and tips, Mark. I will clean up the signal chain as much as I can and eliminate the use of the monitor pass though. Great idea...
What night was that? I am fighting with a Christmas Tree cluster that I shot on Jan 3rd, at 10 or 11pm, with the same issue. I used my Canon Digital Rebel at...
Steve Nice image of the Horsehead. I suspect your problem with the banding is related to the monitor pass-through and some multiple of 60-cycle interference. I...
Vincent - Mine was on Jan 3rd as well, probably between 8-10p Hmmmmmmmm, interesting.... Did you use a tv monitor to view the output of your DSLR or do you use...
Wanted: Amateur stargazers to help solve mystery OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE Posted: January 4, 2006 Ohio State University scientists have thought of a...
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